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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Bottger's grandfather's occupation?
(a) Goldsmith.
(b) Cobbler.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Silversmith.

2. Who did Utz fantasize he would meet?
(a) A lonely middle-aged women.
(b) A fun-loving American.
(c) A British heiress.
(d) A teenage girl.

3. What meat does Marta serve Utz and the narrator?
(a) Pork.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Beef.
(d) Duck.

4. How does the narrator find the mood in the Soviet Union?
(a) Serious.
(b) Buoyant.
(c) Light.
(d) Depressed.

5. What does Utz believe porcelain is the antidote to?
(a) Tiredness.
(b) Racism.
(c) Depression.
(d) Decay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season does Utz say provided the happiest times?

2. How does Utz say the free world presented itself to him?

3. What was the name of Utz's New York dealer?

4. What does the boy offer Utz to eat?

5. What did the Chinese teach that god was the body of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Utz decide to leave Czechoslovakia?

2. What does Utz like about the soprano he sees at a show?

3. What did Utz fantacize would happen on his trip?

4. What does Utz remember about Marta?

5. Why did Marco Polo call Cowrie beads porcelain shells?

6. What does the narrator see in Utz's bedroom?

7. Why does Marta bang pots together?

8. Describe the porcelain figure Dr. Franfurter sells Utz.

9. Why is Marta devoted to Utz?

10. What does Utz conclude about luxury?

(see the answer keys)

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